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Index of Carmen’s Notes - by Adele Gay

INDEX

“UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYING YOUR PASSAP E-6000”

By Carmen Reuter

SET 1: PAGE 1: Casting On –

Option 1

2. Option II & III.

3. Finishing Rib, before starting double knitting.

Going backwards, going forwards.

4. How to continue; the next morning.

5. Things you should not do.

Ideal knitting speed.

Pocket in double bed knitting.

6. More pocket.

SET 2: PAGE 1. Card Reader: Stitch pattern and how to draw.

2. Feeding card through reader.

3. Superimposing (drawing 4 color cards by superimposing).

4. Pintuck Fair Isle.

5. Keeping patterns in storage.

6. Stitch patterns.

7. Stitch patterns.

8. Stitch patterns.

SET 3: PAGE 1: In-depth look at the locks (selective settings).

2. Locks on N.

3. Locks on KX & AX.

4. Converting Duomatic 80 stitches to E6000.

5. More Converting.

6. More Converting.

7. Knitting with “UX”.

8: Keeping the Photo Cell clean.

SET 4: PAGE 1. Continue with tour of locks. Knitting with “LX” and “BX”.

2. Example of circular finish for a neckband.

3: Casting off on double bed.

4. Plain Pintucking.

5. More Pintucking.

6. Superimposing (easy way to draw 3 & 4 color Fair Isle patterns.

7. Drawing cards for superimposing.

8. Cards for the exercises on Set 3.

SET 5: PAGE 1. Knitting a garment with several different patterns.

2. How to make the computer row counter go back to “0” each time we start a swatch.

Sleeve shaping.

3. Holidays and empty accumulators (how to reset console).

Using our own patterns (placing patterns).

4. Programming patterns.

5. Diagonal designs, altering, centering.

6. Diagonal pattern (single bed tuck) and technique.

7. More Diagonal pattern.

8. Solution to the exercise in Set 4.

SET 6: PAGE 1. Tips on using “The Form”.

2. Suggestions and ideas for “Form”.

3. More suggestion for “Form”.

4. Form Test.

Checking the form program with the form test.

5. Form Test: Sleeves.

6. Form Test: Sleeves other that basic set-in style.

7. Form Test: Compare Form figures to own figures.

8. Correcting errors.

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SET 7: PAGE 1. Necklines: Shaped on the Machine, or cut & sew?

Single bed knitting using a 40 stitch decker comb.

2. Transfer the stitches to back bed.

3. Cut & sew method for necklines.

4. Sewing hints.

5. Raglan sleeves.

Program

6. Altering the patterns in the console.

7. Eliminating welts on form patterns.

8. Results of exercise in Set 6.

9. Neckline Templates

10. More Neckline Templates.

SET 8: PAGE 1. Release Stitches –

2. Technique 185, 256.

3. Technique 256.

4. Technique 117

Designs for Release Stitch.

Neckbands

5. V-Necklines

6. Using a sliding caliper to check front & back beds to get same stitch size.

Tubular V-Neck band.

7. Knitting, pressing the tubular V-Neck band.

8. Men’s crew neck template, used for ladies jumper

Flower reader card.

SET 9: PAGE 1. Cleaning the rails (error 200)

Chinese Collar.

2. Knitting Chinese Collar.

3. Knitting the Slit Band.

4. New Release Stitch pattern (thick & thin yarn)

5. Suggestions for color & yarn type for release stitch.

Deco card 95 for release stitch and pintuck on 2 colors.

6. Pintuck pattern.

7. The Reader Technique

3 color superimposed summer fair isle

4 color superimposed summer fair isle

4 color superimposed pintuck with pintuck forming on colors 2 & 4.

8. Talks about Creation 6 computer pogram.

SET 10: PAGE 1. Knitting techniques 250 to 255.

Double bed pintucks in one color.

Patterns on pages 110 to 113 in E6000 pattern book.

Other patterns to try with technique 252.

1256 = good horizontal cables, knit sideways for vertical cables.

1123 = good horizontal waves.

1151 = looks good

1301 = try enlarged in both directions for a more distinct chevron.

Correction for technique 253, page 172 in manual.

2. Examples of good patterns & techniques for double bed pintucks.

Technique 250 and 252.

3. Technique 254.

Width of Fabrics.

4. Swatch measurements with different yarns and stitch sizes.

Comments re: pintuck stitches.

5. New Pintuck Pattern.

6. Bow Welt

7. More Bow Welt.

8. Tubular Neckband

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SET 11: PAGE 1. Cleaning the card reader sensor.

2. Exploring “Alter”.

3. Examples of using Alter.

4. Another way to use “Alter”.

5. Explaining effects of “Alter”.

6. Two flower patterns.

Using and mixing fine yarns.

7. Stitch sizes.

8. Comments: Too firm fabrics & blue strippers.

SET 12: PAGE 1. “Alter” – Part 2.

2. More part 2 of alter.

3. More part 2 of alter.

4. More examples.

5. Subtle Patterning with Technique 181.

6. Correction for technique 181 in earlier E6000 manuals.

Patterns with fine vertical and diagonal lines.

7. Patterns with evenly distributed small areas or white and black dots.

Designs with large bubble areas.

Some interesting choices

8. Reversible fabrics.

Temperamental card readers.

Cleaning the card reader sensor.

Reader Techniques

SET 13: PAGE 1. Baby cover from Passap Model Book No. 31. (A padded, quilted blanket).

Pattern & Reader Card.

Directions for set-up & knitting.

2. More on set-up and padding in quilted triangles.

3. Other choices and changing pattern.

4. Autocolor – Creation 6.

Correcting mistakes.

5. Comments re: Tension masts and motor.

Creation 6.

6. More on Creation 6.

7. Necklines: Band with soft frill around the outside edge.

8. Necklines: Two V-Neck bands using frill band.

SET 14: PAGE 1. Other Baby Blanket

Design 2717 – Model Book No. 39 – Reader Card for pattern and technique.

2. Programming & using reader card Instructions.

3. Knitting Instructions.

4. Cast On #1 for 1x1 Rib and knitting techniques for tuck patterns which are knitted on alternate needles.

5. Solutions to above.

6. Front Bands.

7. More Front Bands.

8. More Front Bands and finishing.

SET 15: PAGE 1. Consoles with the new chips for Creation 6.

Stitch Pattern from MD. Book 10, page 6, pattern 1667.

2. Pattern 1667 and techniques. Reader card for pattern 1667. Zig-Zag racking pattern.

3. Set-up for pattern.

4. Using Add.

5. Entering multiple cards.

6. More multiple cards using “Bird in window” design.

7. Cards for Bird design and how to mark the cards.

8. Entering the cards.

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SET 16: PAGE 1. Baby Dress – Pattern 3950, page 64 in model book 39.

Knitting Instructions.

Skirt, 1st piece.

2. Skirt, 2nd piece.

Sleeve, 1st piece.

3. Sleeve, 2nd piece.

Yoke.

Note on cast-on.

To finish.

4. More instruction for finish.

Yoke pattern and technique reader cards.

5. Sleeve and skirt patterns and techniques reader cards.

Dealing with amount of memory for several cards.

6. Enlarge/position.

7. Tips on adding yokes.

Pintuck stitches for yokes and bands.

Pintuck pattern suggestion.

8. Attaching with a linker.

Front Bands continued from Set 15.

SET 17: PAGE 1. Bed Cape.

2. Cast-on, cast-on comb, diagram for cape.

3. Knit cords.

Casting on with the green comb (same as gray comb).

4. Pattern possibilities for cape.

5. Tab Collar.

6. Short cut for Technique 108.

7. Button tab, buttonhole tab, collar and adjusting basic round neckline template.

8. Cut & Sew slit, sewing slit band on garment.

SET 18: PAGE 1. New Pattern – dolman top in three color fair isle.

Superimposed card 1 & 2.

2. Modified Technique 198, knitted sideways, programming the console.

3. Cut & Sew for a complete Dolman Sweater/

4. Adjusting pattern for larger sizes.

How to mark, cut and sew, seam allowance.

5. Trimming Band

Assembling the cut and sew sweater.

Suggestions.

6. Pattern & technique suggestions. Note on yarns to use.

Welts and cuffs.

Softly curved welt.

7. Welt & cuffs knitted in a similar way to the Chinese Collar.

Instruction on welt & cuffs.

8. Drawing the cards for the console hints.

SET 19: PAGE 1. Reader card technique for pintuck (color 2 for 4 rows and color 4 for 6 rows).

THIS READER CARD IS NOT CORRECT – CORRECTED ONE IN SET 25, PAGE 8.

Back bed setting

2. Lock Settings

How to change the number of rows for colors on the reader technique card.

3. Yarns and colors.

4. Fisherman Rib.

5. Patterned Fisherman Rib with technique 167.

6. How technique 167 works. How to measure the swatch.

7. Sweaters with single motives. The knitting technique.

8. Size of motif, size of knitted piece and information to program & knit single motive.

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SET 20: PAGE 1. Evening Jacket (Model book 16 & pattern 1059 in E6000.

Shawl made with 1 strand of fine mohair using same pattern.


2. More Instructions – technique & programming.

3. Casting Off.

4. Cast off at the beginning of armholes and sleeves. Folding of jacket and marking of facing.

5. Hints to simplify folding and sewing using different color markers.

Suggestions and comments.

6. More suggestions.

Single Motifs.

7. Single motif on one side of front. Set-up for knitting.

Diagram showing needles & pushers configurations.

8. Answers to knitting this single motif and programming.

SET 21: PAGE 1. Using ‘OX’ settings.

2. Comparing Duomatic & E6000 using OX/DX settings.

3. Reader card techniques for 3 & 4 color superimposed patterns with OX. Knitting.

4. Colors and yarn. Choosing wrong or right side of material. Reader card for pattern.

5. Two color fabric. Ideas for patterns and fabrics.

6. Suggestions for yarn & stitch sizes. Rib finishing and band method.

7. Finishing for attaching sleeves and shoulders. How to knit the flaps.

8. Flaps for single bed knitting.

Deco card 183 for 2 color knitting, or 3 color superimposed.

SET 22: PAGE 1. Sideways knitted sweater (magic type).

2. Notes: Variations for sideways knitted sweater & yarn ideas.

3. More notes on sideways knitted sweater.

Wrapping the yarn on the short rows.

Console Instructions.


4. More knitting instructions.

Variations.

Casting off the sweater.

Finishing.

5. More finishing.

Row sequence for the sweater.

Reader technique.

6. Stitch pattern reader card.

Crochet-like stitch patterns.

Cast-on instructions for all the crochet stitch patterns.

7. More instructions for crochet stitch patterns.

Stitch pattern A.

Reader technique 1.

8. Reader technique 2.

Stitch pattern B.

Stitch pattern C.

Reader technique 3, for stitch pattern C.

SET 23: PAGE 1. Visiting Passap University in San Francisco.

Cut and sew for dresses and sweaters.

2. Guidelines for amount of fabric needed for sizes 10 – 12 for different skirts & tops.

3. Instructions for knitting of fabric, steaming and pressing.

4. Placing sleeve patterns on fabric for cutting.

Suggestions for joining skirt and top for a dress.

5. Knitting band (for inserting elastic) to join skirt and top.

How to attach band.

6. Welt with Tucks.

7. Instructions to finish sideways jumper from Set 22.

8. Templates for neck & armholes for sideways jumper.

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SET 24: PAGE 1. Reader technique to signal cable twist rows.

2. Cable example.

Padded Vest.

3. Programming the Console for Vest.

4. Suggestions for colors.

Converting the vest from the Duomatic to the E6000.

5. Comparing patterns between Duomatic to the E6000.

6. More comparing.

7. Knitting multiple pieces.

8. Set-up for knitting all the vest patterns.

SET 25: PAGE 1. Announcement of end of notes with number 28.

Information on “Magic Skirts”.

2. Chart for ‘one row per row’ description of the lock movements for “Magic Skirts”.

3. Reader Card

4. Reader technique, and information for knitting the “Magic Skirts” with different yarns.

5. Waist should always be on right of machine and console instructions.

Chart for Row by row description of skirt for practice.

6. Card for above chart in next issue.

How to convert Japanese type machine instructions of a sideways skirt to Passap.

7. How to figure graduation for skirt.

Practice on marking an E6000 card.

8. Pushers, explaining enlarging (needles needed) and skirt to practice.

Correction to notes 19 – reader technique.

SET 26: PAGE 1. Baby Shawls, using double bed 2 color pintuck, technique 192.

Change lock settings.

Modified version of patterns 1147 & 1155.

2. How technique 192 knits.

Type of yarns to use.

Adjusting tension mast for yarns.

Using foam rubber on mast for fine/slippery yarn.

Setting up yarn in color changer.

Card 1 of modified pattern 1155.

3. Modified pattern card 2, 3 & 4 of pattern 1155.

How to knit shawl with modified pattern 1155.

Border of shawl.

How to feed in cards.

4. More of how to feed in cards.

Instructions to knit shawl.

Layout of cards and border.

5. How to insert name, etc. of baby in pattern 1155.

Modified version of pattern 1147.

Adding border.

How to knit modified pattern 1147.

6. Casting off baby shawl.

Tip on empty row.

Tip on finishing a 2x1 rib.

Fully reversible pattern.

7. Card for pattern 1620

Pattern modified for E6000.

Hints on colors to use & how many.

Hints on type of yarn to use.

Instructions on how to knit fully reversible pattern.

To make a lapel is very easy. Details in next issue of notes.

8. Cards to make practice skirt on notes 25, page 5.

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SET 27: PAGE 1. Hints on pattern 4237 from Model book 42.

More instructions for “Cut & Sew for a complete dolman sweater” from Notes 18.

2. Reader card for racking pattern 4237 for E6000.

Technique for racking pattern 4237.

3. Instructions for using reader card and for knitting a sideways dolman sweater.

Lapels, collar and trimming band – continued from notes 26 reversible fabric.

4. Lapels, collar & trimming band instructions continued.

5. More Lapels.

A double bed button band in 2 colors.

6. Needle set up for 2 color double bed button band.

Corrections for notes 22, pages 7 & 8.

Corrections for notes 25, page 4.

Information about new motor, Model 4600, for E6000.

Correction to Reader Technique card for “It’s Magic & More Magic Skirts” for new motor, model 4600.

Tip for Creation 6 and 32K memory console for E6000.

7. Template for Cut & Sew set-in sleeves, Size 12.

8. Template for Cut & Sew set-in sleeves, Size 14.

SET 28: PAGE 1. Welt in 4 color pintuck.

2. Instructions for knitting 4 color pintuck welt.

Chart for 4 color pintuck motif.

Chinese collar using same motif.

3. More Chinese collar instructions.

Favorite cut & sew jacket pattern. (Burda Super Easy 4712).

4. Collar finishes.

Neckline with double finish.

Sleeve finish.

5. More sleeve finishing.

Knitted tights.

6. More knitted tights – instructions, diagram.

Good Bye from Carmen.

7. Template for cut & sew set-in sleeves, ladies size 16.

8. Template for cut & sew set-in sleeves, ladies size 18.

9. Questions and answers on “Form 6”.

10. More “Form 6”, other news, products available & questionnaire.

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